How accurate do you think COVID-19 statistics are?

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Mamapolo2016 · F

That's true everywhere. And the statistics of infection are way way low, I think. The statistics of hospitalization and deaths are probably much closer to true - unless the government of a country has reason and the ability to be creative about what they report. Like China.

Zaphod42 · 46-50, M

@Mamapolo2016 I dont know if things have changed, but early on all US coronavirus statistics were labeled as classified information and only released with WH approval, but I’d be willing to bet we’re still not getting all the info.

Mamapolo2016 · F

@Zaphod42 That's possibly true. And I don't know that it actually matters.

If a person hasn't gotten the trajectory of this yet, no amount of bleak statistics could convince them. And a good many haven't.